Team Topologies, 2nd Edition: Organizing Business and Technology for Fast Flow of Value
Sep 2025 · Simon and Schuster
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About this ebook
The 2nd Edition of the widely successful Team Topologies, now updated with new case studies and a new foreword and afterword from the authors
Empowered teams—augmented by technology—are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs?
Team Topologies offers a practical, adaptive approach for organizational design and team interactions based on a toolkit that includes: empowered teams, keen awareness of value streams and information flow, the need for decoupling for speed, team cognitive load as a key design factor, shared language, four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. This proven approach treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways evolve with technological and organizational maturity.
In this updated second edition, business consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais enhance their original work with new case studies from multiple industries around the world, demonstrating how diverse organizations have successfully implemented these principles and patterns. A new foreword from the authors reflects on the global impact and evolution of Team Topologies since its initial publication and hints at what might be next.
At the heart of the Team Topologies approach remains a dual focus on fast flow—avoiding handoffs and other obstacles to the flow of value—and a deep understanding of team cognitive load—the mental effort required for teams to manage their work effectively. By proactively assessing and managing cognitive load in teams, organizations can increase customer focus, prevent burnout, improve delivery capabilities, drastically increase staff engagement, and enable teams to operate at their best.
This second edition shares secrets of successful organizational patterns and dynamic team interactions, helping readers choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization, ensuring healthy services and optimized value streams. Whether you’re discovering Team Topologies for the first time or seeking to deepen your existing implementation, this comprehensive guide provides the knowledge and tools needed to turn inter-team problems into valuable signals for a self-steering organization.
Team Topologies remains a major step forward in organizational design for IT and knowledge work, presenting a well-defined way for teams to interact and interrelate that helps make the resulting value delivery architecture clearer and more sustainable.
Empowered teams—augmented by technology—are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs?
Team Topologies offers a practical, adaptive approach for organizational design and team interactions based on a toolkit that includes: empowered teams, keen awareness of value streams and information flow, the need for decoupling for speed, team cognitive load as a key design factor, shared language, four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. This proven approach treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways evolve with technological and organizational maturity.
In this updated second edition, business consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais enhance their original work with new case studies from multiple industries around the world, demonstrating how diverse organizations have successfully implemented these principles and patterns. A new foreword from the authors reflects on the global impact and evolution of Team Topologies since its initial publication and hints at what might be next.
At the heart of the Team Topologies approach remains a dual focus on fast flow—avoiding handoffs and other obstacles to the flow of value—and a deep understanding of team cognitive load—the mental effort required for teams to manage their work effectively. By proactively assessing and managing cognitive load in teams, organizations can increase customer focus, prevent burnout, improve delivery capabilities, drastically increase staff engagement, and enable teams to operate at their best.
This second edition shares secrets of successful organizational patterns and dynamic team interactions, helping readers choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization, ensuring healthy services and optimized value streams. Whether you’re discovering Team Topologies for the first time or seeking to deepen your existing implementation, this comprehensive guide provides the knowledge and tools needed to turn inter-team problems into valuable signals for a self-steering organization.
Team Topologies remains a major step forward in organizational design for IT and knowledge work, presenting a well-defined way for teams to interact and interrelate that helps make the resulting value delivery architecture clearer and more sustainable.
About the author
Matthew Skelton is co-author of the award-winning and ground-breaking book Team Topologies, and Founder & Principal at Conflux. The Team Topologies book was rated one of the ‘Best product management books of all time’ by Book Authority and is widely used by organizations worldwide to transform the way they deliver value.
Manuel Pais is co-author of Team Topologies. Recognized by TechBeacon as a DevOps thought leader, Manuel is an independent IT organizational consultant and trainer, focused on team interactions, delivery practices, and accelerating flow. Manuel is also a LinkedIn instructor on Continuous Delivery.
Manuel Pais is co-author of Team Topologies. Recognized by TechBeacon as a DevOps thought leader, Manuel is an independent IT organizational consultant and trainer, focused on team interactions, delivery practices, and accelerating flow. Manuel is also a LinkedIn instructor on Continuous Delivery.
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